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Created: 2018-12-09 4:31:58 PM
Last Edited: 2021-07-07 11:56:14 PM

Alex D. Chisholm	Alex D. Chisholm	Alex D. Chisholm	Medusa Challenger (1977)
Medusa Challenger (1987/05)	Medusa Challenger (1987/12)	Medusa Challenger (1989/06)	Medusa Challenger (1990)
Medusa Challenger (1990)	Medusa Challenger (1991)	Medusa Challenger (1991)	Medusa Challenger (1991/06)
Elton Hoyt II (1995/08/13)	St. Marys Challenger (2007/05)	St. Marys Challenger (2007/05)	St. Marys Challenger (2007/05/13)
St Marys Challenger (2008/07/24)	St. Marys Challenger (2009/06)	St. Marys Challenger (2009/06)	St. Marys Challenger (2021/06/19)
St. Marys Challenger (2021/06/19)	St. Marys Challenger (2021/06/19)	St Marys Challenger (2024/07/12)	St Marys Challenger (2024/07/12)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Great Lakes Engineering Works	Location:	Ecorse, Michigan	Hull #:	17
Keel Layed:	1905/10/16	Launched:	1906/02/17	Commissioned:	1906/04/26

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion engine	Output:	1700 IHP
	Manufacturer:
Year: 1950	Type:	1 Skinner Uniflow engine	Output:
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	168.2 m (552.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	6939
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	5492
	Beam:	17.1 m (56.1 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	9.8 m (32.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1967	Length (oa):	168.2 m (552.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	6967
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	5384
	Beam:	17.1 m (56.1 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	9.8 m (32.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Converted to a self-unloading cement carrier and oil fired boilers by Mantiowoc Shipbuilding Inc. (Mantiowoc, Wisconsin).

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Shenango Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio		1906	1914
Shenango Steamship & Transportation Company - Cleveland, Ohio		1914	1926
Stewart Furnace Company - Fairport, Ohio		1926	1929
Youngstown Steamship Company Inc - Fairport, Ohio		1929	1931
Pickands, Mather & Company - Fairport, Ohio		1931	1936
Interlake Steamship Company Inc - USA		1936	1966
Cement Transit Company - USA	Medusa Portland Cement Company - USA	1966	2006
Wilmington Trust Company - USAtrustee		2006

Fleet

From

Until

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
William P. Snyder	1926
Elton Hoyt II	1952
Alex D. Chisholm	1966
Medusa Challenger	1999
Southdown Challenger	2006
St. Marys Challenger

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 202859	Cleveland, Ohio, United States			1906	1926
US 202859	Fairport, Ohio, United States			1926	1936
US 202859	Wilmington, Delaware, United States			1936	1999
US 202859	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States			1999

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard		Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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